OEM Flush look?


I lost my neck...


Grainy, but good.


Canyon anyone?


Hellaflush?


I'll get some proper pics soon. I know these suck, but the wheels have been mounted less than an hour.

 

what happened to the 20" Jag wheels? The spokers!

 

Those look sick! What wheels are those? Size/specs!!!

 

So when do you get the tires mounted?

 

I drove it that way (without tires) from Speedware to my office. Still looks good in the parking garage.

 

Coventry Whitley XKR rear fitment. 18x9.5 ET25 natively, but I had the backpads machined 3mm to make them ET28 and the rear has 5mm spacing to make the rear ET23. Tires are 215/35/18 Kumhos with a mild stretch.

To summarize.
18x9.5 ET28 front, ET23 rear
215/35/18 tires

That is about as low as the air ride goes, too. I still have about a credit card thickness tire clearance in the back in those photos. (I use my Safeway card for this kind of stuff and have debadged about a dozen cars with it also )

 

Did they make you stop at each station to pick up passengers?

 

Omfg im gonna come to your house and climax on your car lol just kiddin. looks sick

 

I'll help:

 

Damn and I thought I'd be stretching with my 225s on the 9.5s!

 

You are. 225 with a 30 series on 9.5" is healthy and about the same level of stretch as a 215/35 on a 9.5.

 

Hmmm. Your pics don't seem to work for me

 

What's this stretch thing?

 

Wow, Those are a nice set ! The lips on the wheels are the moneyshot.

Are those Brembos?! How did the license plate delete kit go?

 

Those are 18s??????

Looks a $#%#$@ of a lot better than my 18s. I need to figure a way to clip 1" off my front sprinf, I need to push the back wheels out wider, I need, I need, I need. Crap I just realized I need your car!

 

Thanks. They are 2.5" wider than the OEM 18's, so that means they have to comeo out a bit.

 

Haha.. We're talking about stretching tires. It's a way of fitting wider wheels onto the car than you would with normal tire fitment.

Most people say that a 255 or 265 series is 'proper' sizing for a 9.5 inch wide rim, by stretching 215s onto the same width wheel it gives more fender clearance so we can go lower and fit the wider wheels without rubbing.

 

Pics work now. Looks sick.

 

Dude, that looks sick. Love it. I just ordered the same wheels 19x8.5 in Silver. Everyone has chrome, I wanted something different. I wanted to do 19x8.5 front, 19x9.5 rear....but the man told me it wouldn't fit in the rear without me doing some fender modifications. I can't afford that . But I'm sure when I get my wheels put on I'll love them and the look just the same. Thanks again for your advice/help Exexpat!!!

 

For once I would actually agree with the "the man" - they come in ET25, so you'd need 225's + fender roll + backpads shaved 4mm to get to ET29. I could do it and would be crazy enough, but not many others.